Ilnytska U. Public relations of the Armed Forces as a factor of democratization and optimization of the civilian-military relations.

In this dissertation a complex theoretical-methodological and structural-functional research concerning aspects of the institution of Public relations of the Armed Forces has been carried out. A decisive role of PR within a process of democratization and optimization of the civilian-military relations has been grounded. Public relations are being examined as an efficient way of interaction's regulation of a structure of force and the public, as a mechanism of adjustment of bilateral communications. Application of the PR-technologies in order to form a system of democratic civil control over the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been demonstrated with weighty arguments. The author has presented her vision of a strategic image of the Ukrainian army and has developed an image PR-strategy of the Armed Forces.